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On His Blindness By John Milton

On His Blindness By John Milton. Naxhiely Flores Melissa Hernandez Per.5. Background. John Milton was born on December 9, 1608, in London. lived on Bread Street in Cheapside

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On His Blindness By John Milton

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  1. On His Blindness By John Milton Naxhiely Flores Melissa Hernandez Per.5

  2. Background • John Milton was born on December 9, 1608, in London. • lived on Bread Street in Cheapside • parents had enough money to afford Milton a tutor for classical languages and later afforded to pay an entrance to St. Paul's School in 1620. • he got interested in the music because his father wrote music, which later led to Milton’s love for poetry. • admitted to Christ's College Cambridge but he got temporarily expelled after he go into a dispute with 2 tutors. • when he returned, he resumed his study’s and worked on Latin poems. • he died November 8 1674 in London, England

  3. Genre & form • The genre of this poem is to learn how to be who you are without asking. • The form of the poem is a Petrarchan Sonnet a poem of 14 lines.

  4. #6. How does the language of the poem contribute to the meaning? • The language of the poem contribute to it’s meaning because you need to be who you are even if you have difficulties and problems that affect your life.

  5. #7.How is the poem organized? • The poem is organized by 14 lines of pattern of rhyme.

  6. #8. Do patterns of rhyme and rhythm contribute to the meaning and effect of the poem? • The poem contributes to the rhyme meaning because at the end of each sentence words rhyme with one another. • Ex. wide, hide, chide, denied, need, speed, best, rest. • Rhyme Scheme: ABBA, ABBA, CDE, and CDE.

  7. #5. What motivates the speaker to speak now, in the tone he/she uses? • The tone of the poem is Darkness and Light. • The speaker speaks in this tone because he feels that God denies his eye sight. • ex. “When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide And that one talent which is death to hide.”

  8. #1. Who is talking? • A blind person that questions God on why he loses his sight. • The person we believe is the speaker is John Milton. He began to lose his sight in 1644, but went completely blind around 1650.

  9. #3. What is the dramatic context of the poem? • The context of the poem is in a dark world where nothing can be seen.

  10. #9. What theme(s) does the poem contain? • The theme of the poem is: accepting the love of god unconditionally even though you have a physical disability. • The theme of the poem is: that God will always love you no matter what happens to you in life.

  11. #2. To whom is the speaker talking to? • The speaker is talking to God about how losing his sight of seeing has made him stop believing in God somehow.

  12. #4. What happens during the poem? • In the poem the speaker is asking God why his light has been denied and how losing something important had made the speaker lose faith in religion.

  13. #10. What is your initial response to the poem? • Our initial response to Milton’s poem is that he speaks about a strong man, that has lost his vision, is learning how to do things for himself. • This poem would give someone with disabilities or anybody to do what they truly wish in life and nothing should stop them.

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